Water-closet seat



(No Model.)

G. R. MOORE.

WATER CLOSET SEAT.

No. 248,663. Patented Oct. 25,1881.

NITED, STATES ATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE R. MOORE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WATER-CLOSET SEAT SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.248,663, dated October 25 1881.

Application filed March 10, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEO. R. MOORE, of thecity and county of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Water-Closet Seats, of which the following is aspecification/ The object of my invention is to provide a water-closetseat that will not, in ordinary use, become wet with urine on the underside, and to provide means of making such a seat without requiring thickand expensive lumber for the same; to provide a seat combiningserviceability and lightness with strength and durability.

It is well known that watercloset seats as now made are frequently weton the under side with urine, and that they are frequently split andbroken loose from their hinges.

By reference to the accompanying drawings my improved seat will bereadily understood.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the seat as seen from the under side. Fig.2is a transverse section on line 00 w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transversesection on line y y of Fig. 1.

A is the seat. a is the flange. B is the plate provided with the flangea. b b are lateral extensions of plate B. c c are lateral extensions ofplate froutward and rearward of hole F. D is the hinge forming acontinuation of the plate (No model.)

B. E is the hopper or how]. F is the hole. D is the hinge.

I claim 1. As a new article of manufacture, a watercloset seat, of woodfor its face or upper side, and having a flange upon its under sideborderin g around the circumference of the hole in a ring or tubularform, and of suflicient depth to strengthen the seat and to protect itsunder side from being wet with urine in its ordinary use, allsubstantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. A water-closet seat having in combination a face or upper side madeof wood, a metal frame with a flange bordering round the hole from whichradiants b b c c exteud,for strengthening the seat, substantially as andfor the purpose herein set forth.

3. A water-closet seat having in combination a face or upper side ofwood, a metal frame beneath it having a flange bordering completelyround the hole as a tubular downward extension of the same, which frameextends to and includes a hinge, substantially as and for the purposeherein set forth.

GEO. R. MOORE.

Witnesses EDW. W. DoNN, D. DAVIDSON.

